Moscow, Aug 9. The scandalous American financier Jeffrey Epstein…
Moscow, Aug 9. The scandalous American financier Jeffrey Epstein used the French resort of Saint-Tropez as one of the main places for recruiting girls for sexual exploitation, reports the French newspaper Monde.
Consensus
- Jeffrey Epstein visited Saint-Tropez almost every year.
- Saint-Tropez was used by Epstein as a location for recruiting young women.
- Epstein was accused of sexual exploitation of minors in the U.S. in 2019.
- Epstein died in prison in August 2019, with authorities ruling it a suicide.
- Jean-Luc Brunel, a model agent, was involved in the recruitment network in France.
- Brunel was accused of sexual offenses and died by suicide in February 2022.
- Le Monde reported on the role of Saint-Tropez based on judicial documents and witness statements.
- The U.S. Department of Justice released thousands of documents related to Epstein's case.
Points of divergence
- Epstein referred to Saint-Tropez as his 'second favorite place' in France after Paris. — vm
- Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell rented the Mirage villa in Saint-Tropez from June 29 to July 20, 2002, for 100,000 euros per week. — vedomosti
- A French woman claimed she met Epstein in Saint-Tropez in the late 1990s when she was 16–17 years old. — vedomosti
- The Paris prosecutor's office launched a new investigation after the 2026 release of Epstein files. — vedomosti
- On July 22, 2024, former model agent and fashion photographer Daniel Ciaud was found dead in France, suspected of links to Epstein. — vedomosti
- The U.S. Department of Justice planned to release 'hundreds of thousands of pages' of documents related to the Epstein case. — vedomosti
- Virginia Giuffre, one of the first women to testify, identified Saint-Tropez as a site of sexual crimes committed against her. — kommerant
- Emails in the police report indicated Epstein attended numerous parties and events at Saint-Tropez with invitations hinting at the presence of young women. — kommerant
- French authorities concluded that Saint-Tropez and the French Riviera played a key role in Epstein's sex trafficking scheme. — vesti
Coverage (5 sources)
- Le Monde: Saint-Tropez was one of the main recruitment locations via Epstein's network — Вечерняя Москва
- Le Monde: Saint-Tropez was one of the centers for recruiting girls for Epstein's network — Ведомости
- Resort Saint-Trope was one of the main places of recruitment by Epstein's network. The financier visited it almost every year, writes Le Mon... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Le Monde: one of the recruitment points for Epstein was the resort of Saint-Tropez — Коммерсантъ
- Epstein used the resort of St-Tropez to recruit girls — Вести